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830:Pat Mallette
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1871:(President)
1530:Bob Wortman
1524:Jack Reader
1499:Jack Reader
1447:High Point
1444:Line Judge
1439:Bill Wright
1418:Bob Wortman
1402:Back Judge
1381:Line Judge
1355:Tony Veteri
1313:Dick Ulrich
1258:Notre Dame
1213:Line Judge
1192:Back Judge
1108:Back Judge
1090:Holy Cross
1082:Jack Reader
1061:Walt Parker
1045:Back Judge
998:John Morrow
982:Line Judge
940:Line Judge
914:Jack McLain
901:Holy Cross
730:Back Judge
625:Line Judge
620:Gerald Hart
578:Hugh Gamber
562:Back Judge
541:Back Judge
457:Back Judge
376:Vanderbilt
289:Line Judge
211:Hugh Gamber
185:Jack Reader
161:back judges
153:line judges
1885:Categories
1843:Super Bowl
1560:References
1537:Ken Norton
1518:Fritz Graf
1507:Jim Tunney
1487:Bob Austin
1471:1960-1969
1450:1968-1969
1408:1965-1968
1387:1966-1969
1376:Aaron Wade
1366:1961-1969
1345:1965-1969
1282:1963-1969
1261:1967-1969
1240:1961-1962
1219:1968-1969
1216:Minnesota
1198:1960-1962
1177:1960-1969
1145:James Ryan
1135:1961-1968
1111:Denison U
1093:1960-1969
1072:1960-1969
1048:St. Louis
1030:1965-1969
1009:1960-1962
988:1968-1969
904:1961-1964
883:1960-1969
862:1960-1967
799:1966-1969
788:Cal Lepore
778:1960-1962
757:1963-1969
715:1963-1969
694:1966-1969
673:1960-1969
652:1961-1968
641:Al Huetter
631:1968-1969
599:Fritz Graf
589:1960-1969
568:1961-1968
547:1966-1969
536:John Fouch
526:1961-1969
505:1960-1969
494:Bob Finley
484:1963-1964
463:1968-1969
442:1968-1969
421:1960-1969
410:Ben Dreith
400:1960-1968
397:Oregon St
379:1968-1969
368:Art Demmas
337:1960-1964
316:1960-1964
295:1966-1967
274:1963-1969
253:1960-1965
250:Marquette
199:Matt Snell
87:newspapers
1745:Officials
1715:AFL Draft
1334:Jack Vest
1321:Grinnell
1166:Al Sabato
1132:Canisius
956:Leo Miles
880:Stanford
838:Nebraska
767:Joe Kraus
670:Whittier
649:Columbia
460:Missouri
431:Ray Dodez
347:Al Conway
334:Virginia
313:Missouri
226:Position
44:does not
1864:Al Davis
1859:Joe Foss
1700:Playoffs
1548:See also
1493:Mel Hein
1468:Georgia
1426:Findlay
1405:Ohio St
1339:Referee
1103:Bob Rice
1003:Referee
919:Referee
877:Referee
796:Alabama
586:Dubuque
520:Referee
439:Wooster
310:Referee
263:Bob Baur
247:Referee
229:College
145:referees
1740:Players
1695:Seasons
1688:General
1474:26, 23
1465:Umpire
1369:26, 36
1279:Toledo
1276:Umpire
1138:14, 51
1066:Umpire
817:Denver
775:Hobart
676:32, 33
655:52, 28
646:Umpire
592:33, 70
571:36, 46
550:45, 34
508:22, 14
424:53, 12
394:Umpire
373:Umpire
352:Umpire
331:Umpire
235:Number
149:umpires
101:scholar
65:removed
50:sources
1481:Notes:
487:9, 44
481:Akron
292:Texas
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1771:1960s
1363:none
1324:1960
1303:1960
1156:1960
1114:1969
1051:1960
967:1969
946:1966
925:1960
841:1969
820:1960
736:1969
712:Ohio
610:1960
358:1969
271:Ohio
223:Name
176:NFL.
108:JSTOR
94:books
1195:USC
544:USC
502:SMU
171:and
159:and
139:The
80:news
48:any
46:cite
1813:NBC
1766:ABC
1730:NFL
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